The poetic face of rhetoric : Ephrem's polemics against the Jews and heretics in Contra Haereses XXV

Botha, Philippus Jacobus

dc.contributor.author	Botha, Philippus Jacobus
dc.date.accessioned	2011-06-21T06:44:22Z
dc.date.available	2011-06-21T06:44:22Z
dc.date.issued	1991
dc.description.abstract	The hymn Contra Haereses XXV by Ephrem is translated into English and the use of poetic devices such as metaphor, antithesis, apostrophe, invocatio, hyperbole and acoustic techniques to enhance the argumentative quality of the hymn are discussed.	en
dc.identifier.citation	Botha, PJ 1991, 'The poetic face of rhetoric : Ephrem's polemics against the Jews and heretics in Contra Haereses XXV', Acta Patristica et Byzantina, vol. 2, pp. 16-36. [http://journals.sabinet.co.za/ej/ejour_patris.html]	en
dc.identifier.issn	1022-6486
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/16881
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Department of Ancient Languages, University of Pretoria	en_US
dc.rights	© Unisa Press	en_US
dc.subject	Ephrem the Syrian	en
dc.subject	Contra Haereses XXV	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Ephraem, Syrus, Saint, 303-373	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Hymns, Syriac	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Religious poetry	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Jewish heretics	en
dc.title	The poetic face of rhetoric : Ephrem's polemics against the Jews and heretics in Contra Haereses XXV	en
dc.type	Article	en